Amaechi, A General Of 'Common Sense Revolution' - Tinubu

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIeSxjNE9SkVsH41n5B0C8NhkcXH6v87yx9Tjt5NyMxDPdvcmtspa_igAI4wR2LsBhQrxO5svqa2-iOcDINbTNMNFh8AJCsOPvgadKsHUdGrTJ2K9ivFCFArZTAppm3s5Z-fdC33NtQfx/s1600/Amaechi1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIeSxjNE9SkVsH41n5B0C8NhkcXH6v87yx9Tjt5NyMxDPdvcmtspa_igAI4wR2LsBhQrxO5svqa2-iOcDINbTNMNFh8AJCsOPvgadKsHUdGrTJ2K9ivFCFArZTAppm3s5Z-fdC33NtQfx/s1600/Amaechi1.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has described the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, as a one of the generals of  what he termed the 'common sense revolution'.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Tinubu made the remarks in Lagos on Thursday while delivering his speech as the special guest of honour at the presentation of the book titled: <b>Dynamics of Change: The Amaechi Years</b>.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Below is excerpt of Tinubu's speech at the event.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "In the course of the historic campaigns for the 2015 Presidential election I was emphatic that the election itself was a great opportunity to popularise and test the noble idea of a Common Sense Revolution in Nigeria. Soon enough we found in the resonance of the APC Change mantra with the electorate a confirmation that Nigeria needed a Common Sense Revolution that is non-violent.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Indeed there is a publication with that title authored by me in which I argued that Nigeria was ripe for a change of leadership and Nigerians must act in a common sense and rational way in choosing their leaders. The results of the March presidential elections and that of April have demonstrated clearly the desire by Nigerians for change.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Elections over, both the leaders and citizens must brace up to meet the challenges required to build a better, more prosperous nation. Indeed, even as we subscribe to the tenets of Common Sense Revolution, we must retool ourselves. The new leadership must embark on policies that will improve the general well being of the mass of our people.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Permit me to recall here how I once attempted to encapsulate the idea of Common Sense Revolution:</div> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: justify;"> It is a positive one to rescue, repair and restructure the nation and its institutions in ways that further collective prosperity and well-being. The only violence that is to be done is to violence, injustice and poverty themselves. At its essence, a common sense revolution is a call to return to a level of decency in the relationship between government and the governed, between each one of us and his neighbor...</blockquote> <div style="text-align: start;"> <span style="text-align: justify;">"That was at commissioning of people-centred projects on March 23, 2015 in Kano under the leadership of Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.</span></div> <div style="text-align: start;"> <span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "We are here today, because one of the generals in the Common Sense Revolution Army, Rotimi Amaechi is bold and willing to show the world what he has achieved in the task to chart the critical path to total political and economic emancipation of the people whose mandate he enjoyed for 8 years.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "In my view, our gathering to celebrate the landmark achievements of my brother, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, in Rivers State in the last eight years is also another justifiable celebration of idea of Common Sense Revolution for development. The publication of the book, <i><b>Dynamics of Change: The Amaechi Years</b></i> is a timely service to history. This occasion is all the more remarkable because of the huge challenges Amaechi has been facing especially in his second term from an extremely hostile federal government. His role as the chairman of the Governors' Forum invariably brought him into a bitter collision with President Goodluck Jonathan.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Governor Amaechi and most of the governors want a properly defined federalist relationship with the government at the centre. The President would have none of that as in the notable example of the management of the federation account. This is, therefore, another great opportunity to salute Amaechi's rare courage of conviction and sense of purpose. The All Progressives Congress (APC) has every cause to be proud of him.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "You can, therefore, imagine how much gratified I feel at the immense intellectual efforts invested in the publication of <i><b>Dynamics of Change: The Amaechi Years</b></i>. I salute the editors and authors of essays in the book. It is thoughtful of them to document the legacy of Amaechi in Rivers State. The high quality schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, security and human capacity projects, among others, richly documented in the book are a testimony that social democratic ideas can indeed be implemented in this clime.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "It is our hope that the legacy of governance for genuine development that Amaechi is leaving behind in Rivers would inspire state governments to make the welfare and security of the people the focus of governance. It is important to empahasise that security here includes social security if the war against poverty must be won.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The APC change agenda is anchored on the three Rs - Reform, Relief and Recovery. It is the tripod upon which Nigeria must operate in order to unleash her potentials.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Rotimi will go on from here to continue to serve Nigeria in key positions. He will not be alone. He will share the company of many change agents and professionals who have cast their lots with the new political order under the leadership of President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Source: <a href="http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/amaechi-is-the-general-of-common-sense-revolution-tinubu/#sthash.ngUUtmzL.dpuf">Vanguard</a></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE </span>=============================================================</b><br /> <b>Need Dubai visas (2 weeks or 3 months)? 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Amaechi, A General Of 'Common Sense Revolution' - Tinubu

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PwC Report On NNPC Proves At Least $18.5 Billion Lost - Emir Sanusi

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqys-TCyXbW0QMhfCoRIwhE78dSg6Jj1EsF-GQOHnOhyphenhyphenBx6x1wDrwfJxxoi2HDPCreQjbrdWnMRxqX_2dzexZW1W_hfNNrC1dplRnNAsGze3uFUgsOAeYrKzofuIpC32LLZXPxRW9huxoe/s1600/Sanusi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqys-TCyXbW0QMhfCoRIwhE78dSg6Jj1EsF-GQOHnOhyphenhyphenBx6x1wDrwfJxxoi2HDPCreQjbrdWnMRxqX_2dzexZW1W_hfNNrC1dplRnNAsGze3uFUgsOAeYrKzofuIpC32LLZXPxRW9huxoe/s1600/Sanusi.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Lamido Sanusi, has reacted to the recent audit report by PricewaterhouseCoopers on the alleged missing $20 billion oil money, saying the report has confirmed in the first instance that at least $18.5 billion was indeed missing.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Sanusi faulted the Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who said the report had exonerated the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) earlier accused of diverting the money.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In an opinion article published by the <b>Financial Times</b> of London, Mr. Sanusi, who is now the Emir of Kano, said the argument that the outstanding amount was used by the NNPC for apparently unlawful purposes such as kerosene subsidy, does not dismiss the notion that the NNPC illegally withheld billions of oil dollars from the government.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Contrary to the claims of petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, the audit report does not exonerate the NNPC. It establishes that the gap between the company's oil revenues between January 2012 and July 2013 and cash remitted to the government for the same period was $18.5bn," Mr. Sanusi said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The former CBN governor said of the $18.5bn in revenues that the state oil company did not send to the government according to PwC "about $12.5bn appears by my calculations to have been diverted".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “And this relates only to a random 19-month period, not the five-year term of Mr Jonathan, the outgoing president,” he wrote.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As CBN governor, Mr. Sanusi had accused the NNPC of failing to pay about $20 billion in oil revenue to the government between 2012 and 2013.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The government denied any money was missing, even before an investigation. Mr. Sanusi was later fired by President Goodluck Jonathan.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> On his suspension by the president, Mr. Sanusi said he had made it clear that “you can suspend a man, but you cannot suspend the truth”.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The publication of the PwC audit report into the missing billions, he said, has brought the nation a step closer to the truth.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said the report has suggested lines for further investigation into the matter, and urged the Buhari government to follow the leads and ensure anyone found culpable is punished.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Nigerians did not vote for an amnesty for anyone,” he said. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The lines of investigation suggested by this audit need to be pursued. Any officials found responsible for involvement in this apparent breach of trust must be charged.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Sanusi noted the various duplicated expenses, unsubstantiated costs, computation errors and tax shortfalls listed in the report against the NNPC.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The former CBN governor said although PwC report concluded that a significant part of the unremitted funds were used to finance kerosene subsidy, such decision lacked presidential approval as former President Umaru Yar'Adua had stopped kerosene subsidy at the time.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In spite of the subsidy claims for which NNPC withheld $3.4 billion for the period, Mr. Sanusi said Nigerians were still made to pay an average of ₦120 and ₦140 per litre of kerosene, far more than the supposed subsidised price of ₦50.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “I have consistently held that this (subsidy of kerosene claim by NNPC) was a scam that violated the constitution and siphoned off money from the treasury,” the former CBN chief said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> On the transfer of oil assets belonging to the federation to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), the upstream petroleum industry subsidiary of the NNPC, Mr. Sanusi expressed regrets that his removal did not allow him conclude the investigation he was doing on that transaction.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said although the NPDC paid about $100 million for the assets, from which it had extracted crude valued at $6.8 billion, it had only paid about $1.7 billion as tax and royalties for the period under review.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Source: <a href="http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/182926-missing-20-bn-sanusi-faults-alison-madueke-says-audit-report-proves-at-least-18-5bn-lost.html">Premium Times</a></b></div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE </span>=============================================================</b><br /> <b>Need Dubai visas (2 weeks or 3 months)? 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PwC Report On NNPC Proves At Least $18.5 Billion Lost - Emir Sanusi

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Governor Oshiomhole Marries Ethiopian Model Friday

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qBr_aYhDi7WC1IaPfJodDnN-mtn37rDUzt6JhLBbw2GXYxVunYGk35JEJ6KeWI6_8VJ9ZC27r0b9nM_rv2OxGhHf1Tg44NHu98IgzL5cqgCCpXK3LVASvH0COCAw3Le9tuzryy66ph1f/s1600/Oshiomhole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qBr_aYhDi7WC1IaPfJodDnN-mtn37rDUzt6JhLBbw2GXYxVunYGk35JEJ6KeWI6_8VJ9ZC27r0b9nM_rv2OxGhHf1Tg44NHu98IgzL5cqgCCpXK3LVASvH0COCAw3Le9tuzryy66ph1f/s1600/Oshiomhole.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>All roads lead to the the Etsako West Local Government Council Marriage Registry, Auchi on Friday as Governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole, takes a new wife.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Oshiomhole is remarrying four years after the death of his first wife, Clara.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The bride is Ethiopian-born Miss Lara Fortes, a model and former air hostess.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Already, wedding invitations have been sent by the Governor to select close friends and associates.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The reception, according to the invitation which was personally signed by Oshiomhole himself, will hold at the Peoples' Hall, Iyamho, the Governor's country home.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "While looking forward to the honour of your distinguished presence, I sincerely crave your pardon for the rather short notice. Please accept the renewed assurances of my highest esteem," Oshiomhole wrote in the invitation.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The bride who is in her 30s was earlier seen with Oshiomhole at the 50th birthday party of Grace Ihonvbere, wife of Secretary to the Edo State Government, Julius Ihonvbere, on March 21 in Abuja.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Oshiomhole's first wife, Clara, died of cancer on 8 December, 2010.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> During her burial service, Oshiomhole said: "My marriage with Clara was a miracle of God because without her many things would have been impossible in my life. I will always remember what my wife told me, that once I am with God nothing evil can come to me."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Other prominent Nigerians married to foreigners are: Anselmn Madubuko, Pastor of Revival Assembly Ministries International, Ogba, who married Kenyan singer, Emmy Kosgey after the death of his first wife, Connie, who bore him three children. Connie died on Friday, July 6, 2012.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, presiding pastor of Fountain of Life Church also married a South African, Nomthi, after the death of his first wife, Bimbo.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Popular Nollywood actor Ramsey Noah is married to a Beninois while former External Affairs Minister, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi is married to a Briton.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Popular highlife musician Orlando Julius is married to a black American, so also is punk star Charly Boy who is married to a black American.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Esama of Benin, Sir Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion is married to a Carribean, Lady Cherry.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> One of King Sunny Ade's wives, Ahneva, is also a black American.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> One of the Ibru siblings, Oboden Ibru, is married to an Ethiopian. Sunday Oliseh former Captain of the Super Eagles is married to a Tunisian.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Source: <a href="http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/05/14/oshiomhole-marries-ethiopian-model-friday/">PM News</a></b></div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE </span>=============================================================</b><br /> <b>Need Dubai visas (2 weeks or 3 months)? 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Governor Oshiomhole Marries Ethiopian Model Friday

All roads lead to the the Etsako West Local Government Council Marriage Registry, Auchi on Friday as Governor of Edo state, Adams Oshio...

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